noun🔗ShareAn event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition."The interrupt caused the packet handler routine to run."computingelectronicstechnologydevicemachinesignaltoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly."A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting."communicationactionprocesstoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo divide; to separate; to break the monotony of."The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill."communicationactionlanguagetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled."The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor."computingtechnologytechnicalelectronicsmachinetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
